...and well, technically, the Reinheitsgebot is no longer an absolute law, meaning there is no beer cop to enforce it. There are certainly other regulations concerning beer and even ingredients in Germany, but again, not unique to Germany.

I thought the purtiy laws were gone. Either way we have them in the USA also. We call them health inspectors. Most of the jobs elsewhere.

The purity law isn't upheld anymore, but there's plenty of breweries who claim to still follow it.As someone else mentioned, lots of European countries have legalized prostitution. There's also plenty of European countries that do the bottle and can sorting mentioned in that shiatty slideshow.

I looked it up. TL;DR is they use yeast and grain mash. Yeast was added to the list later on. The grain is germinated by soaking and left moist for a bit to activate the natural sugars, then roasted to kill the sprout from eating the sugars up. From there, normal brewing occurs to make wort and then ferment with yeast.

I looked it up. TL;DR is they use yeast and grain mash. Yeast was added to the list later on. The grain is germinated by soaking and left moist for a bit to activate the natural sugars, then roasted to kill the sprout from eating the sugars up. From there, normal brewing occurs to make wort and then ferment with yeast.

I think I'll try this method on my next batch of brew.

They used to only use natural yeast I think, just like whatever happens to grow in there gets to be what's used. I guess that's the way it used to be with bread and everything before they knew about yeast. Once yeast was discovered and people elsewhere making beer were selecting their yeasts and having more stable, predictable batches, they decided to add yeast to the list.

I thought the purtiy laws were gone. Either way we have them in the USA also. We call them health inspectors. Most of the jobs elsewhere.

The purity law isn't upheld anymore, but there's plenty of breweries who claim to still follow it.As someone else mentioned, lots of European countries have legalized prostitution. There's also plenty of European countries that do the bottle and can sorting mentioned in that shiatty slideshow.

I thought the purtiy laws were gone. Either way we have them in the USA also. We call them health inspectors. Most of the jobs elsewhere.

The purity law isn't upheld anymore, but there's plenty of breweries who claim to still follow it.As someone else mentioned, lots of European countries have legalized prostitution. There's also plenty of European countries that do the bottle and can sorting mentioned in that shiatty slideshow.

ReapTheChaos:Pumpernickel bread: Legal prostitution and nude beaches? How did Germany get the reputation for being so uptight.

Where did you hear they had that reputation? Germany is known for making some of the filthiest porn in the world, sexually speaking I would never call them uptight.

Plenty of U.S. Americans formed their impression of Germany from what grampaw told them about The War. The Bavarian corporal's pals, while often secretly freaky, were very uptight in their public morality pronouncements, and that reputation still has some credence among people who have never been to Europe and who probably never will go.

It's been my understanding that Germans are the most sexually promiscuous people in the world (although, apparently they're behind the Brits), which would be somewhat more awesome if the women believed in shaving their armpits and legs a bit more often.

child_god:TL;DR is they use yeast and grain mash. Yeast was added to the list later on. The grain is germinated by soaking and left moist for a bit to activate the natural sugars, then roasted to kill the sprout from eating the sugars up. From there, normal brewing occurs to make wort and then ferment with yeast.

I think I'll try this method on my next batch of brew.

Yeah, yeast wasn't included because no one knew about yeast when the law was written. They thought fermentation was a gift from god. The krausen on top of the fermenting beer was actually called "Godisgood" for a time.

Also, what your describing (germinated, sprouting) is the malting process, not a mash. The latter was what you do with the malted grain.

What a stupid article. Like others have said, most of the items aren't even close to germany only jobs. On top of the other ones mentioned, the first one "Order Officer" sounds like the exact same thing as a bylaw officer which they have everywhere I have ever lived and enforces things like noise and litter bylaws.

I looked it up. TL;DR is they use yeast and grain mash. Yeast was added to the list later on. The grain is germinated by soaking and left moist for a bit to activate the natural sugars, then roasted to kill the sprout from eating the sugars up. From there, normal brewing occurs to make wort and then ferment with yeast.

I think I'll try this method on my next batch of brew.

They used to only use natural yeast I think, just like whatever happens to grow in there gets to be what's used. I guess that's the way it used to be with bread and everything before they knew about yeast. Once yeast was discovered and people elsewhere making beer were selecting their yeasts and having more stable, predictable batches, they decided to add yeast to the list.

LazyMedia:ReapTheChaos: Pumpernickel bread: Legal prostitution and nude beaches? How did Germany get the reputation for being so uptight.

Where did you hear they had that reputation? Germany is known for making some of the filthiest porn in the world, sexually speaking I would never call them uptight.

Plenty of U.S. Americans formed their impression of Germany from what grampaw told them about The War. The Bavarian corporal's pals, while often secretly freaky, were very uptight in their public morality pronouncements, and that reputation still has some credence among people who have never been to Europe and who probably never will go.

It's been my understanding that Germans are the most sexually promiscuous people in the world (although, apparently they're behind the Brits), which would be somewhat more awesome if the women believed in shaving their armpits and legs a bit more often.

I take it you haven't actually been to Germany in the last 20 some odd years. I can't speak for before the 90s, but I spent 7 years over there starting in the mid 90s. The women most certainly shave their legs and pits and some even shave their snatch. It could be something from the older generations where the women didn't shave, but most modern women do.

LazyMedia:ReapTheChaos: Pumpernickel bread: Legal prostitution and nude beaches? How did Germany get the reputation for being so uptight.

Where did you hear they had that reputation? Germany is known for making some of the filthiest porn in the world, sexually speaking I would never call them uptight.

Plenty of U.S. Americans formed their impression of Germany from what grampaw told them about The War. The Bavarian corporal's pals, while often secretly freaky, were very uptight in their public morality pronouncements, and that reputation still has some credence among people who have never been to Europe and who probably never will go.

It's been my understanding that Germans are the most sexually promiscuous people in the world (although, apparently they're behind the Brits), which would be somewhat more awesome if the women believed in shaving their armpits and legs a bit more often.

Germans are uptight, about following laws.

They aren't prudes though.

I lived in Germany, and i never once saw a female hairy armpit. Or hairy lip on a female, that i can recall.